Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto/Flute Concerto

Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto/Flute Concerto

On this CD:

1. Saul and David, opera, FS 25 Prelude
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

2. Concerto for clarinet & orchestra, Op.57 (FS 129)
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Orchestra with Hakan Rosengren
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

3. An Imaginary Trip to the Faroe Islands, rhapsodic overture for orchestra, FS 123
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

4. Concerto for Flute, FS 119
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Orchestra with Per Flemstrom
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

5. Springtime in Funen, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op 42/FS 96 "Fynsk foraar" Som en Graesgron Plet
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

6. Springtime in Funen, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op 42/FS 96 "Fynsk foraar" A Se, Nu Kommer Varen
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra with Asa Baverstam
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

7. Springtime in Funen, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op 42/FS 96 "Fynsk foraar" Den Milde Dag Er Lys Og Lang
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra with Kjell Magnus Sandve
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

8. Springtime in Funen, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op 42/FS 96 "Fynsk foraar" Der Har Vi Den Aldrende Sol Igen
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra with Per Hoyer, Kjell Magnus Sandve
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

9. Springtime in Funen, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op 42/FS 96 "Fynsk foraar" Nu Kysser Solen Mit Ojelag
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra with Per Hoyer
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

10. Springtime in Funen, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op 42/FS 96 "Fynsk foraar" Nu Vil Vi Ud Og Lege
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra with Linnea Ekdahl, Andreas Thors
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

11. De Gamle (The Old People) Sa Saetter Vi Piben I Ovnens Krog
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

12. Dansevisen (Dance Ballad) Kom Her, Fiol Og Klarinet
Composed by Carl Nielsen
Performed by Swedish Radio Choir / Swedish Radio Orchestra with Per Hoyer, Kjell Magnus Sandve
Conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen

Editorial Reviews
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Nielsen was a master at writing for wind instruments, and at one point projected doing a concerto for all members of the Danish Wind Quintet (that is, for flute, clarinet, oboe, bassoon and horn). These two works are as far as he got before his death. Both pieces pit the soloist against other instruments in the orchestra. In the Flute Concerto, the fastidious soloist confronts a lunatic trombone with hilarious results. And in the Clarinet Concerto--the greatest for the instrument since Mozart's--the soloist has a very serious argument with a snare drum whose part is equally difficult and prominent as that of the woodwind. There's no resolution in the latter piece: in the end both characters simply go their separate ways. These two works deserve the widest currency, and are expertly played and recorded by Esa-Pekka Salonen and his fine Scandinavian soloists. --David Hurwitz

Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto/Flute Concerto, Music, Per Hoyer, Hakan Rosengren, Carl Nielsen, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Per Flemstrom, Sveriges Radiokor, Sveriges Radiokorkester, Andreas Thors, Asa Baverstam, Linnea Ekdahl, Kjell Magnus Sandve, 20th/21st Century Overture, Choral, Choral Music, Clarinet Concerto, Classical, Classical Composers, Classical Music, Concerto, Flute Concerto, Miscellaneous, Opera, Orchestral, Scandinavian Romantic Opera

Nielsen: Clarinet Concerto/Flute Concerto

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